Business

Bands at SXSW are calling for better pay

4:28pm March 16, 2023

by Andrew Weber

Bands chosen to play at South By SouthWest in Austin get paid just $250 while organizers are making good profits. Musicians are speaking out about needing more money as exposure at the festival is no longer as lucrative.

Here's how the Cherokee Nation is spending opioid settlement money

4:28pm March 16, 2023

by Brian Mann

Communities around the US are rushing to spend billions in opioid settlement money paid out by Big Pharma. The Cherokee Nation is investing $100 million in treatment, harm reduction and a fight against stigma.

Yellen tries to reassure Americans that bank collapse fallout will be contained

4:28pm March 16, 2023

by Scott Horsley

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says bank depositors can feel confident their money is safe. Yellen promised a thorough review of what went wrong at two regional banks that failed in the past week.

Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier on Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Politics & Government

The truth is there's little the government can do about lies on cable

2:16pm March 16, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

Tucker Carlson trying to rewrite history on the Jan. 6 riots is exposing the government's limited ability to regulate distortions on cable news.

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The icon for the video sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone on Feb. 28. British authorities said Thursday that they are banning the Chinese-owned app from government mobile phones on security grounds.

World News

The U.K. is the latest to ban TikTok on government phones because of security concerns

11:57am March 16, 2023

by The Associated Press

British authorities said they are banning the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from government mobile phones following similar moves by the U.S. and European Union.

Credit Suisse shares soar after the bank secures a $54 billion lifeline

10:26am March 16, 2023

by Willem Marx

Shares of the Swiss banking giant rallied significantly Thursday after Switzerland's central bank agreed to lend it $54 billion.

National

Near misses and other mishaps are setting off alarm bells in the aviation industry

7:29am March 16, 2023

by David Schaper

After several recent incidents in which airplanes nearly collided, the FAA brought more than 200 aviation professionals and safety experts yesterday to find ways to improve safety.

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Policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic aim to shore up banking confidence

7:29am March 16, 2023

Financial markets are on edge, after problems at a big Swiss bank triggered fresh worries about the safety of the banking industry. This follows the collapse of two regional U.S. banks.

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Morning news brief

5:56am March 16, 2023

Financial markets are on edge over troubles at Credit Suisse. The Biden administration is demanding that TikTok be sold. New CDC data show the maternal mortality rate jumped over 40% in 2021.

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Press 1 for more anger: Americans are fed up with customer service

6:01pm March 15, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

A new survey shows Americans are unhappy with the service they're getting — and are not afraid to let people know about it.

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